Creatinine, a byproduct of muscle activity. Blood urea nitrogen, or BUN, the amount of the waste product urea your kidneys help remove from your blood. These indicate the status of a person’s ...

One common example: ­Patients who zealously follow the usual instruction to have "nothing to eat or drink the night before" can end up with high blood urea nitrogen (BUN), which assesses kidney ...

The use of blood urea nitrogen (BUN) concentration as a measure of renal function is even less reliable, because BUN levels can be affected by the presence of gastrointestinal bleeding or by the ...

Before administering renal-clearable drugs, doctors routinely check a patient’s kidney function by testing their blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and creatinine (Cr) levels. With the increasing use of ...

Before administering renal-clearable drugs, doctors routinely check a patient’s kidney function by testing their blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and creatinine (Cr) levels. With the increasing use of ...

A Center Township man and his wife have filed a lawsuit claiming a yearslong delay in diagnosing his kidney disease led to him developing irreversible end state renal disease. Chad and Michelle Kuzar ...

blood sugar, BUN and creatinine, bilirubin and thyroid function. Cost of the comprehensive screening is $45. Optional tests available for an additional charge include a prostate specific antigen test ...

They’re evaluated in conjunction with various other laboratory results, including estimated glomerular filtration rate and blood urea nitrogen. Getting an accurate, measured glomerular ...

Modest rises in hematocrit and blood urea nitrogen (24 weeks plus 24 weeks extension) DP(5/10 mg) plus pioglitazone ≥30 mg/day versus placebo plus pioglitazone ≥30 mg/day HbA1c (%):/DP10 mg ...

Researchers found that X-rays of the kidneys using gold nanoparticles as a contrast agent might be more accurate in detecting kidney disease than standard laboratory blood tests. In a study ...